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afforded

verb as in able to have or do; within financial means

verb as in give, produce

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Indeed, it is not a novel at all, and it has been categorized as such only because of a curious dispensation afforded to the French to affix that label to any book they want.

"Our children have experienced frightening, scary, overwhelming, terrifying things. They should be afforded treatment for that," says Fiona Wells from Patch.

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Liverpool do not make snap decisions and afforded Brendan Rodgers more than three seasons as manager despite finishing outside the top four twice.

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Just as humans are all the same at birth, they’re alike in death, too, afforded an equal opportunity to find their ideal eternity.

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But when afforded the chance to give evidence in his own defence, Carrick declined to step up to the witness box.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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